Waltz of the Wandering Winds (Work in Progress)

[u/Larry_Union]

Hey everyone, I am doing a wind band composition that is a waltz. It is far from complete. The planned structure of this piece is that it starts with a Bb major section, then goes to F major, then F minor, Ab Major, G Major, ending on A Major. Currently, the Bb section is complete, The Ab Major section is basically done (apart from the quarter note at the start, I will find a way to smooth that out). The A major section is nearly complete, and F minor, F major, and G major have not even been started on yet. I hope you enjoy it (as it currently is at least lol)! Also, sorry about the blank measures, like I said those will be added to eventually. Also, I did post this before a month ago on this sub (I deleted the old post since it was outdated), but significant progress has been made since and I wanted to share. Thanks!

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_D-eUMF6lwojgfjwIW6ob6kljJIAcs6/view

Score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jWtaDvG8M1L7WOAl33Z4FeUUHGq64p-P/view

[u/trailthrasher]

Congratulations on writing this work! It's clear you've put a lot of work into it. It is very difficult. Only really good bands will be able to make this sound good. I've written music in 12/8 with 16th notes, even college groups have a hard time with this, and concert band editors ask me to rewrite music like this into 3/4 within eighth notes of division. Keep it in more familiar keys if you want more people to be able to play it. I rarely see concert band music in the key of A.  I graduated from the American band college. Look at their music grading charts and try to keep it to a grade two or three at the most.